Chapter 13: Searching for the Mountain and the Swamp

Both sides of the coin are embossed with a flying kite.

The copper coin is turquoise, so this kite is also a turquoise kite.

"Yes, this kind of Sheji Order is divided by color." Huyang Shanze suddenly remembered, "No, this turquoise kite coin is not yours!"

The white-robed boy interrupted: "I lent it to Mr. Sha."

Huyang Shanze spoke slowly, and the gray-robed man was a little impatient: "Since you have come out, I want to ask you a question. If you answer quickly, I will leave quickly."

"Ask it."

Shanze is the mountain god, and some places give it a more popular name:

Tudigong.

Where spiritual energy gathers and there are abundant living beings, Shanze will slowly be born. If the emperor of the world can be canonized, Shanze can master and exert Yuanli, so as to manage the land and water.

If the empire disappears or the canonization expires, the Yuanli of Shanze will also decrease, and finally return to the wild era.

Although Huyangshanze was once conferred the title by Yuan Country, it did not even have a mountain temple. The main reason was that it had been sleeping with its head covered for many years and ignored the chores on the territory. The local creatures did not respond to its requests, and over time they ignored it.

But it had to respond to the call of the gray-clothed man in front of it.

Huyangshanze was still a little grumpy, but reason told it that the person in front of it should not be easily offended.

"Forty or fifty days ago, a sand leopard ran here. I want you to find its whereabouts." The gray-clothed man said very straightforwardly, "That thing only builds nests in the West Mountain. It should be rare here."

"Sand leopard? Hmm--" Huyangshanze's tone was very long, "Let me look for it."

The two waited for more than a quarter of an hour.

Suddenly, a little deer came out of the grass, not afraid of life, and even shook its head in front of the two.

Huyangshanze said: "Follow it."

The deer turned and ran, and the two followed.

After crossing two peaks, the little deer went to a cliff and finally stopped at the edge of a steep rock.

"Has the sand leopard come here?" The young man in white robe squatted down and found a few black spots on the stone.

"Bloodstains, but it's been a long time."

The little deer poked its head out of the big stone.

"Did it jump down?"

The little deer nodded.

Weird, the seriously injured sand leopard had fled here, why would it jump off the cliff to die? The two looked at each other, and climbed down along the rocks from the side to the bottom of the stream.

The air here is damp and much cooler than on the mountain, so the vegetation is more lush. The two searched for a long time at the bottom of the stream, but did not see the leopard's body.

The young man in white robe looked up at the cliff: "It was seriously injured, and it couldn't be alive after falling from such a high cliff." There were no big trees under the cliff, so it was impossible for leaves or vines to cushion the sand leopard. "Huyang Shanze, is it still in the mountain?"

"If you want to find its whereabouts, I will show you." Another tree beside the two of them spoke, this time it was a beech, "It's not in the mountain."

A mountain wind blew, and a small tornado blew up on the ground, and the branches, leaves and soil rolled up, and actually rolled out a shape.

The shape of the mud leaves shaped by the wind, in addition to the leopard, there is also a creature with limbs!

The white-robed boy took a look and was very surprised: "In addition to the sand leopard, there was also a... person who fell from the cliff?"

The two things lay on the ground, motionless.

"Die together?" The white-robed boy frowned, "Where did the body go?"

Soon, two more tornadoes blew up, and new shapes were shaped in the wind.

"Two people came and were... killed?" The white-robed boy's face changed, "Okay, okay, no wonder my two men didn't go back, that's why!"

"Another group of people came and lifted up the two bodies... and took them away?"

The white-robed boy carefully identified them, but unfortunately the shape made of mud leaves could not be described more appropriately as "dusty and dusty". Anyway, it was just a blur, barely able to take on a human shape, but it was impossible to see the face clearly.

"Who are these people and where are they from?"

He asked twice in a row, and the beech tree answered in a muffled voice:

"I don't know. It's been too long, all the traces have faded, only Feng Ling still remembers this little."

The gray-clothed man was not discouraged, and took over the conversation: "At least you know which direction they went after leaving Hulu Mountain?"

The two branches of the beech tree were put together and pointed in one direction.

It was where they came from--

"Black Water City?" A fierce light flashed in the white-robed boy's eyes, "I knew that the missing guards of Donglai Mansion had probably found clues."

But even if they traced to this point, they only found a vague direction. Blackwater City is not big, but it is not small either.

"Go to Blackwater City? That's easy." The gray-robed man smiled, "The most direct method is often the most effective."

The forest was quiet, and Huyang Shanze left.

The two walked more than a hundred steps towards Blackwater City. The gray-robed man paused and suddenly raised his hand to shoot out a white light.

A sharp cry came from the forest ten feet away, and there was a flapping sound of wings.

The two followed the sound and found blood under the big tree.

The blood spots on the ground were not obvious, fortunately the white-robed boy was good at tracking. The two walked another fifteen or sixteen feet, and there was a kite on the ground, which was larger than an ordinary eagle, with its wings and abdomen pierced.

The blood flowing from the wound had turned dark green.

"Since I left Blackwater City, I always felt that someone was watching me. It turned out to be a little monster." The white-robed boy stepped forward and put his toes on the kite's neck, "Who sent you?"

The kite opened its beak and panted.

"Speak." The young man in white robes increased his strength, "Otherwise the poison will enter your heart and you will definitely die within a quarter of an hour!"

Yiaozi cried out in pain and really spoke: "I'll tell the truth, can you let me go?"

"Of course." The white-robed boy laughed, "How can a swan care about a sparrow?"

Yiaozi immediately said: "I'm just a mercenary. I was resting my eyes in the Red Mountain Tavern just now. Suddenly someone came to find me and asked me to follow your actions and report back."

"What is the origin of that person?"

"I don't know. I just take money to do things!"

The gray-clothed man suddenly said: "Don't listen to its nonsense. This is a domesticated monster!"

A domesticated monster must have an owner.

The white-robed boy's eyes became sharp, and he stepped on it with one foot, without saying anything else:

"Speak!"

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The next morning, the He family was still having dinner, and a servant hurriedly came to report:

"Two guests came to the door, saying that they are under the command of Xunzhou Zhengbei General!"

He Lingchuan's heart "snapped" and he looked at his father. He Chunhua was also slightly startled, his face slightly solemn: "Please go to Suhong Hall for tea."

Suhong Hall is the place where the owner of the He Mansion meets guests, suitable for a small gathering of two or three people.

He stood up and nodded He Lingchuan: "Lingchuan, follow me."

He Yue and Mrs. Ying were a little surprised.

Why did the master bring his eldest son to meet the guests from Xunzhou?

The most convenient power given by the head of the family is that you don't need to explain what you do. He Chunhua didn't say much, and took the housekeeper and He Lingchuan to the front hall.